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Map exhibiting the lines of march passed over by the troops of the United States during the year ending June 30th 1858.

Description: Map of the lines marched to military bases by United States troops in 1858. Lines included marches up the Mississippi River to St. Louis; travels between numerous forts, camps, and barracks in Texas; similar trails among the plains and Rocky Mountain military posts; a line from New York to Havana to Panama then to San Francisco; and marches in New Mexico and Arizona, including a march from Fort Yuma to Tuscon and Fort Buchanan along the Mexico-United States border. Relief shown in hachures. Sca… more
Date: November 1858
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Helen Snapp Being Presented with Framed Documents]

Description: Photograph of Helen Snapp wearing a blue WASP scarf, sitting on a chair in the middle of a living room, while a woman holds a large frame. The woman is pointing at the two documents in the frame, while other people stand in a semi-circle around them. Two of the men are wearing dark blue military uniforms, while the rest are wearing business casual attire.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Female WWII Pilot Relives Service at Stewart]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about former WASP member Helen Wyatt Snapp's experience serving in WWII, especially while she was stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia. The article includes a photograph of Snapp in her old age, in a helicopter. The clipping includes other articles about local and world news, as well as advertisements.
Date: March 8, 2001
Creator: Dezern, Melinda
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Flag Folding Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of three United States Armed Forces members folding an American flag in a room with other flags on poles along the back wall. The woman on the right is wearing the dark blue uniform of a WASP, while the other two people are wearing navy and green uniforms respectively. Handwritten text indicates the names of two of the people in the photograph as "? - SFC Sammie Hollinger - Lorraine Rodgers
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards, May 22, 1944]

Description: Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards discussing how the U.S. Army split up she and a group of other female pilots. She mentions that they fly BT-14 planes, give instruction to flight cadets, and are supposed to be trained to fly B-26 planes soon. At the top left of the first page, there is a small, printed illustration of the WASP mascot, Fifinella
Date: May 22, 1944
Creator: Duren, Doris
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[A History of Camp Davis]

Description: A pamphlet on the History of Camp Davis, written by David A. Stallman for the 50th Anniversary of the Antiaircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis. It contains the Antiaircraft Artillery School's marching song, the story of Camp Davis from "Birth to Death," Camp Davis as a missile test base, the closing of the camp, and more. The photos included within the pamphlet were provided courtesy of Topsail Island Historical Society, Estelle Haste, Charles Jones, Rachel Magnabosco, Barbara Scholar, Kay M… more
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Stallman, David A.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Helen's Snapp Final Grade Sheet]

Description: A carbon copy Helen W. Snapp's final grade sheet for the Womens' Pilot Training Program in Sweetwater, Texas. It contains a record of her flying training, grades for her basic and advanced training, and a record of academic training. In the disposition, it reads "Graduated and transferred to Director Women Pilot Training, Room 4D957, Pentagon Building, Washington, D.C."
Date: unknown
Creator: Women's Pilot Training Program
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Instruction Manual for Military Correspondence]

Description: Instruction manual for how to prepare military type correspondence. The manual is divided into seven sections: I. General, II. Channels of Communication, III. Military Letters, IV. Indorsements, V. Inclosures, VI. Nonmilitary Letters, and VII. Telegrams, Radiograms, and Cablegrams.
Date: August 21, 1942
Creator: United States Department of War
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Group Photo]

Description: Photograph of three posing for a picture and smiling at the camera. The woman on the right is in a military uniform and the one on the left is a WASP a red leather jacket and name tag. The photograph is from a series of nine pictures from Suzette Van Daell Douglas's trip to Washington D. C.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Employee Guidance Form - Suzette Van Daell

Description: Employee Guidance Form for Suzette Van Daell evaluating her performance as a member of of the Women Airforce Service Pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The form asks 16 various questions over work ethic regarding various tasks, and all questions except the last three were marked as B, equaling a total of 60, or "Good."
Date: December 18, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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